Then Regiment Commander Zhang told Yuan Shikai a piece of information that surprised him very much, "Let me tell you, these dozens of bangbang guns in our regiment are the last dozens of the army, and the rest have been loaded onto the warship." ”

"Is it that the production can't keep up?" , Yuan Shikai took it for granted.

Commander Zhang shook his head and explained, "This thing is not difficult to make, the main thing is that it is not practical, that is, what is right, it is too cost-effective, so the party leader ordered the production of the army type, and the already built ones will also be changed to the navy type and installed on the warship."

Historically, the evaluation of the Maxim 37mm machine gun can be described as twists and turns, when it first came out, it was considered too expensive, and only the navy with deep pockets was equipped with some, while the army's words did not attract attention until the bang bang cannon proved its value in the Boer War.

But at that time, Miss 75 had already invented, and within a few years the new rapid-fire field gun (although many models could only be regarded as half-rapid-fire, but compared with the old field guns, the rate of fire was generally a big step. It was promoted in the armies of various countries, and the advantage of the rate of fire of the Maxim 37mm machine gun was no longer so valuable, so it was once again reduced to chicken ribs.

It was not until the advent of the aircraft that this machine gun was reborn with a new positioning as an anti-aircraft gun, which was also the main use of the machine gun later.

In this time and space, Li Hui got Miss 75 out in advance, and optimized it to be more powerful, causing the value of the bang cannon to shrink, although it can't be said to be useless, but as long as it is not irreplaceable, its terrifying money-burning speed will make it lose the value of its existence. Fortunately, Li Hui didn't build too much, and the navy used this to deal with torpedo boats very well, so it didn't cause too much waste, but it was inevitable that these dozens of army-type bangbang guns of the cavalry regiment would become a swan song

These are all things that Yuan Shikai did not know, so he naturally felt sorry for the Bang Bang Cannon to be retired from active service, but Commander Zhang told him that the military industrial system was developing a new type of support artillery that was both light and cheap, and had stronger firepower, which immediately aroused Yuan Shikai's interest

During the conversation between the two, the cavalry regiment had arrived within 1,000 meters of the edge of the Japanese camp, but just when the Japanese officers and soldiers who could still fight mustered up their courage and prepared to resist desperately, the cavalry regiment suddenly stopped, and then the cannon opened fire again, but unlike the previous surface strike, now this distance can be used to carry out a point strike, and there are still people moving in the scope, and it is a bullet chain

However, because there were not many 37mm blasting shells left, the burst fire of the bang cannon did not last long, but the 108 heavy machine guns immediately filled the firepower gap with overwhelming curve shooting, although the lethality of the bullet falling after being thrown high cannot be compared with the shrapnel of the shell, but for the unprotected devils above, it is also enough to kill, and it can also make the temporary digging of the hidden pit useless. And the number of bullets is much more than that of artillery shells

Seeing the enemy recklessly harvesting the lives of his officers and soldiers, Katsura Taro was so angry that his eyes were red, and he didn't care that the troop establishment had not yet been restored, so he ordered the whole army to rush out of the camp and launch a counterattack under the control of angry emotions!

"Oh? The devil rushed out? Commander Zhang saw the messy formation of the devils in the telescope, and couldn't help but shake his head contemptuously, although there were more than the cavalry regiments, but they had obviously become a plate of scattered sand, and the cavalry regiments that were waiting for the battle would never have even a chance of victory.

Well, even if the remnants of the devil's defeated army can still maintain a tight organization, it will only be self-defeating to rush the carriage formation of the cavalry regiment without artillery support

When the heavy machine guns on the carriage were angled and changed to the mode of direct shooting, the devils who rushed to the front were all knocked down almost instantly, and the comrades behind them finally remembered the horror of this weapon, and immediately lost the courage to continue forward, and turned and fled back with a shout of hulala.

Katsura Taro finally regained his composure at this time, and regretted his impulsiveness, because of the reckless counterattack just now, the Third Division lost nearly 3,000 people, which could still be borne before the soldiers were strong, but for the Third Division, which was already disabled now, such losses were enough to make them completely desperate.

"No, even if these people don't die, we have no hope. Since we ran out of shells prematurely, we have no chance of winning, and we can't crack the shameless tactics of the Chinese cavalry to control the distance, even if we have more troops, they will be easily exhausted", Katsura Taro thought with a gloomy face, at this time he had completely lost his image, in order to defend against the machine gun bullets that began to fall from the sky, he was in a hurry and put the iron pot used for cooking on his head, and sure enough, the effect was good, after all, the flight distance of the bullet shot at the curve was much longer than that of direct shooting, The remaining bit of kinetic energy is only enough to penetrate the soft human body, and when it hits the iron pot, it will be gone

Seeing that this trick was effective, Katsura Taro's subordinates followed suit, but the number of iron pots in the army was limited, and even if the number of the third division had been reduced a lot, it was still far from reaching the point of one pot per man, so scramble was inevitable. Because the order has collapsed and there is the pressure of survival, there are soon devils fighting for the iron pot, and some people even shoot and injure people in a hurry, thus opening the prelude to cannibalism

In order to survive, countless comrades-in-arms turned against each other, and the battle for survival was constantly staged in the already chaotic Japanese camp, Katsura Taro had the heart to stop, but few people still listened to him, one is because of his series of mistakes that the third division has fallen into the current desperate situation, and the other is that he still has a pot on his head and can't convince the public at all

Originally, Katsura Taro still wanted to scatter and escape, at least with some people to escape to the mountains where the cavalry could not enter, but as far as the remnants of the Third Division were defeated, they could fight for an iron pot and fight their brains, and after entering the mountains, for the limited rations, they must be even more ruthless, I am afraid that without the hands of the Chinese, the Japanese army itself can solve ninety percent of the officers and soldiers.

The more Katsura Taro thought about it, the colder his heart became, he took a deep breath and let out a long sigh, and ordered to the dozens of devils who still recognized themselves as division commanders, "The matter has come to this, in order to avoid meaningless sacrifices, I can only surrender to the Chinese" (to be continued). )